Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Benson Muite
On 4/21/23 23:38, Ben Cotton wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 4:05 PM Maxwell G wrote: >> >> What evidence shows that the group is ever shrinking? I often see Self >> Introduction posts and new people interacting with project. I suppose >> that whether they continue interacting afterwards is

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Benson Muite
On 4/21/23 23:04, Maxwell G wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > > On Thu Apr 20, 2023 at 17:20 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote >> As it is, devel list is too much for many people to follow — people >> we’d like to have around. > > I disagree. I find mailing lists much easier to deal with. They're all > in one

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Benson Muite
On 4/21/23 20:52, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:24:14AM +0300, Benson Muite wrote: >> However, it doesn't seem like we can hack on it to better suite >> community needs, for example to have the same functionality as mailing >> lists[2]. It is not standards driven and is

Re: Fedora magazine site down

2023-04-21 Thread Luna Jernberg
Seems to be up now again, atleast from my end here in Sweden with Telia as an ISP On 4/21/23, Barry wrote: > > I see wordpress error page for https://fedoramagazine.org/ > > There has been a critical error on this website. > > Learn more about troubleshooting WordPress. > > Barry > > >

Re: Firecracker microVM manager

2023-04-21 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On 4/21/23 11:13, David Michael wrote: > Hi, > > Following up on this, Firecracker has been accepted and submitted to > Fedora. Thanks to Fabio for all of the Rust reviews. > > F37 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dca8124d3b > F38

[EPEL-devel] Fedora EPEL 7 updates-testing report

2023-04-21 Thread updates
The following Fedora EPEL 7 Security updates need testing: Age URL 1 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2023-c126e4af73 chromium-112.0.5615.121-1.el7 The following builds have been pushed to Fedora EPEL 7 updates-testing csdiff-3.0.2-1.el7

[Bug 2186241] Upgrade perl-Curses to 1.44

2023-04-21 Thread bugzilla
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2186241 Fedora Update System changed: What|Removed |Added Status|ON_QA |CLOSED Resolution|---

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Matthew Miller writes: I don't think this is _really_ a "there are two kinds of people in the world..." situation. Of course there are some people who have preferences (strong or weak) for one or the other, and completely legitimate pros and cons to each. But I don't want to "trade" anyone. I'd

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Jarek Prokop
On 4/21/23 23:20, Florian Weimer wrote: * Matthew Miller: Big threads are … bad, actually --- When we have something to talk about, it tends to explode into a big thread. The thing in January with FESCo’s frame pointers decision

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 23:20 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > For lists that are active, the split is confusing — when should > > something be on the packaging list rather than devel? What happens when > > something is related to both Cloud and Server, or Workstation and KDE? > > One can post to

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Florian Weimer
* Matthew Miller: > Big threads are … bad, actually > --- > > When we have something to talk about, it tends to explode into a big > thread. The thing in January with FESCo’s frame pointers decision >

Fedora magazine site down

2023-04-21 Thread Barry
 I see wordpress error page for https://fedoramagazine.org/There has been a critical error on this website.Learn more about troubleshooting WordPress.Barry___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Solomon Peachy via devel
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 04:38:28PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > There are a lot of questions left unanswered by this quick analysis, > but there's a clear trend in fewer participants over time. In fact, > last month had the second smallest participant count (tied with > October 2022). Of course,

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Richard Shaw
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 3:39 PM Ben Cotton wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 4:05 PM Maxwell G wrote: > > > > What evidence shows that the group is ever shrinking? I often see Self > > Introduction posts and new people interacting with project. I suppose > > that whether they continue

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Carl George
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 12:24 AM Benson Muite wrote: > > On 4/21/23 04:24, Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > >> I am proposing that over the course of 2023, starting with the Changes > >> process, we move Fedora development conversations from this mailing list to >

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Ben Cotton
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 4:05 PM Maxwell G wrote: > > What evidence shows that the group is ever shrinking? I often see Self > Introduction posts and new people interacting with project. I suppose > that whether they continue interacting afterwards is another question. I'm glad you asked. Earlier

Planned Outage - chat.fedoraproject.org - 2023-04-25 07:30 UTC

2023-04-21 Thread Kevin Fenzi
There will be an outage of chat.fedoraproject.org starting at 2023-04-25 07:30 UTC, which will last approximately 4 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2023-04-25 07:30UTC' Reason for outage: Element

Planned Outage - chat.fedoraproject.org - 2023-04-25 07:30 UTC

2023-04-21 Thread Kevin Fenzi
There will be an outage of chat.fedoraproject.org starting at 2023-04-25 07:30 UTC, which will last approximately 4 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2023-04-25 07:30UTC' Reason for outage: Element

Re: Heads-up: USD 23.02 coming to Rawhide

2023-04-21 Thread Ben Beasley
Since I announced the update to USD 23.02, USD 23.05 was released, so I will update to that version instead. The schedule and the other details remain the same. On 4/17/23 10:58, Ben Beasley wrote: Now that Blender 3.5 has landed, I can update the usd package in Rawhide to version 23.02[1]. I

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Carl George
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 8:25 PM Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > > I am proposing that over the course of 2023, starting with the Changes > > process, we move Fedora development conversations from this mailing list to > > the Discourse-based Fedora Discussion. > >

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Maxwell G
Hi Matthew, On Thu Apr 20, 2023 at 17:20 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote > As it is, devel list is too much for many people to follow — people > we’d like to have around. I disagree. I find mailing lists much easier to deal with. They're all in one place, they're synced between my devices, and I

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Jarek Prokop
On 4/21/23 20:44, Matthew Miller wrote: On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 07:39:17PM +0200, Jaroslav Prokop wrote: I am, luckily, not paid to read forums with no threading. IMO, a stream of posts with mentions of previous posts is not threading. Threading begins and ends on new topic posts AFAICT on

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Richard Shaw
Not quoting anything in particular, just my opinion and a +1. Being a solid Gen X'er I'm comfortable in both worlds. I will say that I've found the large volume of emails between Fedora and MythTV (though it's slowed in the last few years) occasionally overwhelming. The first thing I do almost

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:53:26PM +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > 1. Python discussions are no longer at the same place as all the > other discussions (my Thunderbird). This is a big one for me. I > cannot primarily use the Discourse web interface on > discuss.python.org because I simply won't go

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 07:05:05PM +0100, Tom Hughes via devel wrote: > >"Mailing list mode" was a specific thing in earlier versions of Discourse — > >it sent a notification for every message posted. This is kind of like going > It's still a thing in current versions, it just doesn't seem to be >

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:54:09AM -0400, JT wrote: > So I'm interested by what you bring up here. Have you run into situations > where someone wanted to contribute to development but was unwilling to use > a mailing list? With a community as big as Fedora and with a multitude of I talk to a

Re: RFC: No koji builds during mass branching and updates-testing enablement

2023-04-21 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 8:56 PM Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > * Cancel all builds that are in progress. Maintainers can resubmit after > the outage with the appropriate branches. > * unpush all updates stuck in gating/pending? Is this too much? > * do the branching steps, get everything in place, then

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Miro Hrončok
On 20. 04. 23 23:20, Matthew Miller wrote: I propose that we transition devel list, and eventually most of our mailing lists, to Fedora Discussion (our Discourse-powered forum). Python recently transitioned from a mailing list (python-dev) to Discourse (discuss.python.org). Challenges I

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Simo Sorce
On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 14:27 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:37:20AM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > > So I registered the account, added the email I want to get > > notifications at, and selected a few topics. > > > > First impressions. > > > > It is absolutely confusing to

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 07:39:17PM +0200, Jaroslav Prokop wrote: > >>I am, luckily, not paid to read forums > >>with no threading. IMO, a stream of posts with mentions of previous > >>posts is not threading. Threading begins and ends > >>on new topic posts AFAICT on discourse. > > > >It's not

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:37:20AM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > So I registered the account, added the email I want to get > notifications at, and selected a few topics. > > First impressions. > > It is absolutely confusing to figure out how to watch topics. > If you select a category and a topic

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 09:11 +, Michael J Gruber wrote: > > In any case, we have quite a fragmentation right now with the MLs, > forum (discourse), IRC, Matrix, plus tickets on various platforms > (bz, dist-git, pagure, gitlab) some of which offer teams and > discussions, too. Choice is good,

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 11:00 -0400, Solomon Peachy via devel wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 04:55:00PM +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > > I agree there's a huge lack of netiquette in Fedora's mailing lists, > > with wholesale quoting, top-posting, subjects not being updated, etc but > > changing

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Stephen Smoogen
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 at 14:07, Ralf Corsépius wrote: > > > Am 21.04.23 um 16:15 schrieb Solomon Peachy via devel: > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:42:20AM +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: > > >> In all seriousness, I would advise you to hang out at the current > >> discussion.fedoraproject.org and

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Ralf Corsépius
Am 21.04.23 um 16:15 schrieb Solomon Peachy via devel: On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:42:20AM +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: In all seriousness, I would advise you to hang out at the current discussion.fedoraproject.org and feel the vibe a bit. You kinda just demonstrated my point --

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Tom Hughes via devel
On 21/04/2023 18:52, Matthew Miller wrote: "Mailing list mode" was a specific thing in earlier versions of Discourse — it sent a notification for every message posted. This is kind of like going to Hyperkitty and saying "subscribe me to all 600 lists". I don't recommend that. Instead, choose

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:02:15AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > I really can't imagine a change for me (and I apologize if that sounds > really "grumpy old man"... which I guess it starting to apply to me, > since I was in college when a friend told me about some guy in Finland > saying "hey Minix

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:24:14AM +0300, Benson Muite wrote: > However, it doesn't seem like we can hack on it to better suite > community needs, for example to have the same functionality as mailing > lists[2]. It is not standards driven and is primarily developed by one > company - something

F39 proposal: Fedora Images on Azure (Self-Contained Change proposal)

2023-04-21 Thread Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Fedora_Images_On_Azure This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering

F39 proposal: Fedora Images on Azure (Self-Contained Change proposal)

2023-04-21 Thread Ben Cotton
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Fedora_Images_On_Azure This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Jaroslav Prokop
On 4/21/23 17:42, Matthew Miller wrote: On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 10:50:42AM +0200, Jarek Prokop wrote: also drives us towards more scattered communications. Our infamous mega-threads are not really effective for getting to community consensus, and tend to bring out the worst in us. Passionate

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > > > * also, to fix typos :) > > > > So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based > > discussion systems (whether web or client

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > > * also, to fix typos :) > > So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based > discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing > people to edit

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread JT
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 1:15 PM Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 10:47:24AM -0400, JT wrote: > > While there definitely was an increase in interaction with people, that > > also came at a cost. Two or three devs having a conversation in a thread > > would also have to deal with a

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 10:47:24AM -0400, JT wrote: > While there definitely was an increase in interaction with people, that > also came at a cost. Two or three devs having a conversation in a thread > would also have to deal with a dozen or so no- devs chiming in on the > situation and putting

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 04:14:33PM +0200, Peter Boy wrote: > You put it very nicely. I have been desperately trying to follow new posts > under the tag #server via email notification. Total failure. I missed > everything. What could have made that go better? > A nice collection of "bells and

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Jonathan Corbet
Matthew Miller writes: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:45:31AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >> I will just make the point that, when you make this switch, you will be >> missing people as well. Projects that switch to forum systems, to a >> great extent, go dark for people who aren't immersed in

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 10:31:04AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > I actually quite like Discourse - for a forum software - from > experience related to various freetime activities. > > However, Discourse replacing mailing lists WILL be the end of > habitually skimming through everything that

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 09:38:26AM +0300, Alexander Bokovoy wrote: > My main trouble with Discourse and other places where I try to help > people with answers to their questions is that forums promote a drive-by > questions without further engagement. This experience is opposite to > what forum

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > > * also, to fix typos :) > > So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based > discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing > people to edit

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Jaroslav Prokop
On 4/21/23 18:07, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: * also, to fix typos :) So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing people to edit messages, especially after people have

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Todd Zullinger
TLDR; I'm in the "please, not a web forum" camp, but I also feel like this is effectively a foregone conclusion, unfortunately. As a maintainer of a small number of packages, I follow devel to keep up with changes affecting the distribution and occasionally chime in or find areas where I can help

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:45:31AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > I will just make the point that, when you make this switch, you will be > missing people as well. Projects that switch to forum systems, to a > great extend, go dark for people who aren't immersed in them all the > time. Keeping

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:27:06AM -0400, Robert Marcano via devel wrote: > I forgot to add. Discourse is worse for mobile users, the "app" was > just an embedded web browser, the only thing efficient it did was to > get a notification and remembering your session, everything else is > worse that

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread JT
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM Chris Adams wrote: > > So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based > discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing > people to edit messages, especially after people have replied to them, > is a bad idea. Person 1

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Solomon Peachy via devel
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 05:07:28PM +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: > No, not really. I advised you to look into it, because you may actually get > more from it personally, than you currently expect. I haven't proposed it to > become a required Fedora activity, I gave you the unsolicited advice.

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Mattia Verga via devel
Il 21/04/23 17:37, Simo Sorce ha scritto: > On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 10:44 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 08:24:48PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: >>> Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: I am proposing that over the course of 2023, starting with the Changes process,

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > * also, to fix typos :) So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing people to edit messages, especially after people have replied to them, is a bad idea.

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 08:24:48PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > > I have seen this > > done multiple times over the years, tried to follow a few times, and > > always dropped off fairly rapidly. I'm solidly in the "email list > > users" group. > > Is

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread JT
> But with my Fedora Ambassador hat on I can tell you that the problem we see right now is not that we don't have people coming to Fedora. We have a problem helping people to connect to where the work is happening in a way that they can contribute. > And this includes both mentoring them to be

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 10:50:42AM +0200, Jarek Prokop wrote: > >also drives us towards more scattered communications. Our infamous > >mega-threads are not really effective for getting to community > >consensus, and tend to bring out the worst in us. > > Passionate people generate passionate

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Simo Sorce
On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 10:44 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 08:24:48PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > > > I am proposing that over the course of 2023, starting with the Changes > > > process, we move Fedora development conversations

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Christopher Klooz
On 4/21/23 17:27, Daniel Alley wrote: If one uses OpenPGP and if people verify it As you mention, that's a big "if" Absolutely, and if the majority does not verify in the devel mailing list, it is clearly an indicator that this type of security is not relevant here ;) But finally, I am not

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 04:55:00PM +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > * Kevin P. Fleming [21/04/2023 10:03] : > > > > lots of people say "I decide > > what to read based on what I see in my email client", but when the subject > > of the emails doesn't

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Daniel Alley
> If one uses OpenPGP and if people verify it As you mention, that's a big "if" ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct:

Re: Firecracker microVM manager

2023-04-21 Thread David Michael
Hi, Following up on this, Firecracker has been accepted and submitted to Fedora. Thanks to Fabio for all of the Rust reviews. F37 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dca8124d3b F38 https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-edcbcf18e0 Some quick comments on the TODO

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Christopher Klooz
On 4/21/23 16:30, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: On 4/21/23 15:25, Christopher Klooz wrote: Just a slight addition about "archaic email" and related comments: Email and its capability for being used in conjunction with OpenPGP ensures two major institutions in kernel development and elsewhere:

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Aleksandra Fedorova
On 4/21/23 16:15, Solomon Peachy via devel wrote: On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:42:20AM +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: That's a slight exaggeration of course, but so is your statement. People come to Fedora via many ways. But I doubt any of it starts with e-mail nowadays. And the fact that you

tangent on tag curation [was Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new]

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 06:01:51PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > Well, I just opened the tags box and typed 'qa', and got...#fedora-qa , > #qa, and #qa-team . So it looks like some maintenance might be in > order. :D Is there any way to 'guide' people to use 'standard' tags? Ah, see, this is a

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 21.04.2023 um 14:27 schrieb Chris Adams : > > I can't > automatically keep copies and archive them. For example, I can in > seconds tell you when my first post here was This is an extremely important criterion to consider when renewing our communications tools. I can arrange

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Solomon Peachy via devel
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 04:55:00PM +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > I agree there's a huge lack of netiquette in Fedora's mailing lists, > with wholesale quoting, top-posting, subjects not being updated, etc but > changing mediums seems far more expensive than asking people to post > emails that

Re: Self Introduction: Štěpán Horáček

2023-04-21 Thread Benjamin Beasley
I have sponsored Štěpán (shoracek) under the co-maintainer section of the packager sponsor policy. Welcome, and happy packaging! ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Kevin P. Fleming [21/04/2023 10:03] : > > lots of people say "I decide > what to read based on what I see in my email client", but when the subject > of the emails doesn't reflect their contents, that's a losing proposition. I agree there's a huge

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread JT
> I am very much in favor of modernizing our communication tools. But I don't think this is the way to go (but I don't know anything better, except maybe a more "traditional", more structured forum). I'm up for modernizing things and making them more efficient as well, though as Matthew replied

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Jonathan Corbet
I suppose it's ironically suitable that my first attempt to send the following failed because I wasn't actually subscribed to the list... Matthew Miller writes: > We’re missing people > I will just make the point that, when you make this switch, you will be missing people

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 08:24:48PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller said: > > I am proposing that over the course of 2023, starting with the Changes > > process, we move Fedora development conversations from this mailing list to > > the Discourse-based Fedora

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Aleksandra Fedorova
On 4/21/23 15:25, Christopher Klooz wrote: Just a slight addition about "archaic email" and related comments: Email and its capability for being used in conjunction with OpenPGP ensures two major institutions in kernel development and elsewhere: "Trusting the developers, not infrastructure"

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 21.04.2023 um 16:15 schrieb Solomon Peachy via devel > : > > You kinda just demonstrated my point -- "hanging out at > and feel the vibe" is going to take time, attention, and distruption. > My total available time/attention is fixed, which means this "hanging > out" will have to

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Solomon Peachy via devel
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:24:14AM +0300, Benson Muite wrote: > As such, simply adopting it because it can be deployed may leave out > many contributors, in particular those who drive development forward. I have made this point several times in other contexts; a new tool/workflow has to yield

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Solomon Peachy via devel
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:42:20AM +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: > That's a slight exaggeration of course, but so is your statement. People > come to Fedora via many ways. But I doubt any of it starts with e-mail > nowadays. And the fact that you don't see newcomers _here_ actually proves >

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Peter Boy
> Am 21.04.2023 um 15:37 schrieb Emmanuel Seyman : > > * Fulko Hew [20/04/2023 21:18] : >> >> Can you say the same for Discourse? > > ... leave a lot to be desired. So much so that You put it very nicely. I have been desperately trying to follow new posts under the tag #server via email

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On 4/20/23 17:20, Matthew Miller wrote: Most of the conversation was under the subject “Schedule for Tuesday's FESCo Meeting (2023-01-03)”, because everything started as a reply to that. That’s pretty easy to overlook. It’s possible for replies to change  the subject when replying, but that

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Fulko Hew [20/04/2023 21:18] : > > Can you say the same for Discourse? I've tried using Fedora Discussions and its email notifications (both the text and html versions) leave a lot to be desired. So much so that I never actually go on to read the discussions. Emmanuel

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Christopher Klooz
Just a slight addition about "archaic email" and related comments: Email and its capability for being used in conjunction with OpenPGP ensures two major institutions in kernel development and elsewhere: "Trusting the developers, not infrastructure" [1], and, assume "any part of the

Re: Self Introduction: Štěpán Horáček

2023-04-21 Thread Jerry Snitselaar
On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 9:53 AM Stepan Horacek wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am a software engineer working at Red Hat. Currently, I maintain TPM > packages in RHEL. One of those packages is the tss2 package, and I would > like to become a co-maintainer of the tss2 package in Fedora. > >

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Robert Marcano via devel
On 4/21/23 8:17 AM, Robert Marcano wrote: On 4/20/23 5:20 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new === As someone that read this list 99% ot the time and 1% for replying, I have no

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Marius Schwarz said: > - you are required to work with tools that specific service offers I think this is my biggest complaint with any web forum - unlike email, where users can choose clients that work the way they like, learning and customizing them, web forums force a

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Robert Marcano via devel
On 4/20/23 5:20 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new === As someone that read this list 99% ot the time and 1% for replying, I have no problem with having a web based forum for

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Ben Cotton
Like many of you, I have built up a lot of workflow around my email. I'm on several dozen Fedora mailing lists, so I heavily filter my inbox. In fact, that's one of the areas where I'm least enthusiastic about a large-scale move to Fedora Discussion. Our tag-based setup makes it very difficult for

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 1:22 AM Simo Sorce wrote: > > Hi Matthew, you say: "We're missing people", and I think, "who?". > And who are you going to miss if you move to discourse? > > I will be candid, I tried to use forums since the old phpBB times, it > never works for me. > I have no time to go

Fedora rawhide compose report: 20230421.n.0 changes

2023-04-21 Thread Fedora Rawhide Report
OLD: Fedora-Rawhide-20230420.n.0 NEW: Fedora-Rawhide-20230421.n.0 = SUMMARY = Added images:1 Dropped images: 0 Added packages: 5 Dropped packages:0 Upgraded packages: 117 Downgraded packages: 0 Size of added packages: 238.95 KiB Size of dropped packages:0

It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Matthew Miller
It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new === My first post on this list was over 19 years ago. (It was about Bugzilla. I was a fan!) Ever since those early days, devel list has been the heart and center of Fedora

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Mark Wielaard
Hi, On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 07:21:54PM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > The mailing list make messages land in my client, on which I am very > efficient, therefore I can check all messages once a day, and respond > if I find a worthy topic. > > Unless this discourse has some great mail bridge (it

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Aleksandra Fedorova
Hi, On 4/21/23 10:47, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: I agree with most of your points, but I wanted to comment on the Change process. (...skipped a lot...) First, I’d like to move the Changes discussion. They will still be posted to devel-announce, but responses directed to Project Discussion

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Mario Torre
I know Matthew mentioned long replies to long posts as a problem, so I'll do what on discourse would be an emoticon to sum a complex discussion: +1 Simo :) Cheers, Mario On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 1:22 AM Simo Sorce wrote: > > Hi Matthew, you say: "We're missing people", and I think, "who?". >

Re: Package naming for vkbasalt-cli

2023-04-21 Thread Sandro
On 21-04-2023 12:46, Sandro wrote: I need to package vkbasalt-cli [1] as a dependency for Bottles. Bottles will use the Python library, but vkbasalt-cli also provides a command for independent/direct usage. And here is the missing link: [1] https://gitlab.com/TheEvilSkeleton/vkbasalt-cli

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Marius Schwarz
Am 21.04.23 um 01:34 schrieb Stephen Smoogen: That said, I don't think I will be greatly active after the move. I have tried Discourse for a year, but have found it to be like every forum and BBS I have tried for the last 30 years.. frustrating and needy. ACK. - you do not see, what new

[Test-Announce] Fedora 39 Rawhide 20230421.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing

2023-04-21 Thread rawhide
Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 39 Rawhide 20230421.n.0. Please help run some tests for this nightly compose if you have time. For more information on nightly release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Aleksandra Fedorova
On 4/21/23 02:57, Solomon Peachy via devel wrote: On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 07:21:54PM -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: Hi Matthew, you say: "We're missing people", and I think, "who?". And who are you going to miss if you move to discourse? Again and again I have seen this "we're missing people"

Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

2023-04-21 Thread Michael J Gruber
How dare you - I'm glad you did :) Even though I'm a "mail/mailing list guy" using TUI MUAs, I found myself turning delivery off on many high volume MLs where the volume does not correspond to my contributor's frequency. I even read fedora-devel via hyperkitty's web interface, which is really

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